Tailor&#39;s measuring device.



' PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

Jun. 839,302.

' L. LEIN. TAILORS MEASURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED ALLY 21, 1906- WITNES INVENTOR- L-UDWiQ Lam BY IATTORNEY? Minus PETERS c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUDWIG LEIN, OF. ORANGE, NEW

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906. 1

Application filed May 21.1906. Serial No. 317,864.

T 40% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUDWIG LEIN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tailors MeasuringDevices; and I do hereby declare the followstick which combine 'to forma single measure; to secure a simple standard which shall afford a firmsupport for the device, while being cheap and easy to manufacture; toavoid adjustments, thus securing greater accuracy,

' and to obtain other advantages and results,

as may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,Figure 1 is aplan of the standard for my improved measuring-gage. Fig. 2is a front View of the complete device in part section, and Fig. 3 is aside view of the device shown in position for measuring the bottom of askirt or any drapery on said skirt.

It will be understood that it is diflicult for a tailor or dressmaker toproperly gage the bottom of a skirt or get its edges in parallelrelation to the floor unless by the use of some instrument. Furthermore,the instru-. ment should rest in a very stable position upon the floorwithout any tendency to be disturbed in its measuring relation to theskirt by being moved around, and there should be no parts which have tobe adjusted to secure a measurement. These features are all secured bymy device, as shown in the drawings, wherein 1 indicates a base orfoundation constructed of wood and having its edges at two sides 2 and 3and at one end 4 beveled or sloped. A casting 5 is secured by a foot 6to the baseboard 1 by means of screws 7, passing through slots 9 9 insaid foot. This casting provides an upright portion 8, which is ofrectangular cross section and cored out to form a socket 12 for ameasuring-rod 19, said socket being open at both ends. The casting 5 isso disposed upon the base 1 that one of the wide faces of the uprightportion 8 lies flush with the unbeveled edge 10 of said base, the foot 6projecting oppositely, as shown. 11 in the base-piece. 1 has its headprojecting into the passage or opening 12 of said casting, and socooperates with the screws 7 to secure the upright portion 5 firmly inposition. The said socket 12 contains a removable measuring-rod 19,having inches and subdivisions marked thereon in any usual manner, thefirst inch (marked 15 being so located as to indicate not an inch fromthe end of the rod, but one inch from the floor or under surface of thebase-piece 1. Furthermore, the outside of the upright portion 8 hasmarks or grooves 16, which exactly correspond with those of the stick,and the two partsform a single measure or scale. The lower end of therod 19 rests upon the top of the base 1 and is preferably recessed, asat 18, to receive the head of the screw 11.

A skirt 21 in the drawings shows how my device is employed to assist thedressmaker in securing the proper height at all points at the bottom ofsaid skirt accurately and easily. The device isstood on the floor closeto the skirt and moved around to different points of the peripherythereof, and it should be noted that in doing this there are noadjustments or changes of parts to aflect the A screw accuracy of themeasuring. Furthermore,

'the skirt is avoided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. In askirt-measuring device, the combination of a base-piece having avertical edge, an u right portion flush at one side with said e go andhaving at its opposite side a foot, said upright portion providing asocket openat the top, screws securing said foot to the base, and ameasuring-rod removably inserted in said socket.

2. In a skirt-measuring device, the combination of a broad base-piecehaving one edge vertical and the others beveled, an up-- right portionmounted on said base-piece flush with said vertical edge, and ameasuring-rod removably carried by said upright portion, said beveledbase being adapted to receive pressure to move the device laterally andat the same time prevent tilting.

3. In a skirt-measuring device, the combination of a base having avertical edge, an upright tubular socket mounted upon said base with oneside flush with said edge and having at the other side a slotted foot,holding-screws in said slots, a screw or thelike projecting from thebase upwardly into said socket, and a measuring-rod removably insertedin said socket.

4. In a skirt-measuring device, the combination of a base having avertical edge, an upright tubular socket mounted upon said base with oneside flush with said edge and having at the other side a slotted foot,holding-screws in said slots, a screw or the like pro ect1ng from thebase upwardly into said socket, and a measurlng-rod inserted in saidsocket and having its lower end recessed to receive said projectingmember.

5. In a skirt-measuring device, the combination of a broad base having avertical edge, an upright socket arranged flush with said. edge, and ameasuring-rod relnovahly inserted in said socket, graduations beingprovided upon both said rod and the socket which cooperate in measuringfrom the bottom of the base upward.

LUDVVIG LEIN.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK GERMANN, J12, ETHEL B. REED.

